# Hey folks! Lemmy 0.19 was released this week! It brings a bunch of awesome new features [https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-12-15_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.0_-_Instance_blocking,_Scaled_sort,_and_Federation_Queue], so I hope you are all willing to forgive some downtime in order to upgrade to this latest version. Unfortunately some migration will be necessary as part of this upgrade, so it might take a while, but I will try to keep it as short as possible. I hope you are all having a great holiday period, and I will see you soon in 0.19!